Department of Justice Press Releases

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two Maryland men and a West Virginia man were indicted this week on multiple drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. The three are accused …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On July 19, 2022, a Lost Nation, Iowa man, Gary Dale Smith, age 50, was sentenced to 126 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On July 19, 2022, a Lost Nation, Iowa man, Gary Dale Smith, age 50, was sentenced to 126 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Brett Thomas Kriz, age 32, was sentenced on July 19, 2022, to 260 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Brett Thomas Kriz, age 32, was sentenced on July 19, 2022, to 260 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Jose Luis Escundino Romayor, age 37, was sentenced on July 19, 2022, to 210 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Jose Luis Escundino Romayor, age 37, was sentenced on July 19, 2022, to 210 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. …

SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today charging Juan  Claudio D’Luna-Mendez, 23, and Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao, 48, both citizens of Mexico, with one …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Maplewood man was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney …

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging Russell Lucius Laffitte with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on July 19, 2022, by Chief …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 19, 2022, by Chief …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 19, 2022, by Chief …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of interference with commerce by …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A crime reduction operation in North Carolina and South Carolina has resulted in the apprehension of more than 91 individuals on charges of homicide, aggravated assault, sexual …

Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that PAUL MCCOWN, 33, of Lander, Wyoming, was sentenced on  July 5, 2022, by Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A physician assistant is facing federal charges for his role in a genetic testing scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $10 million in fraudulent …

EL PASO – An El Paso school teacher was sentenced today to life in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor. According to court documents, Ricardo Ortiz, 31, began …

SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment today against two men charged in the fatal tractor trailer incident that occurred on June 27, 2022, …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A convicted felon was sentenced to 151 months in prison today for selling firearms without a license and illegal gun possession, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney …

Two Tulsa men have been convicted in federal court for tampering with witnesses who were slated to testify in court proceedings regarding a carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Ulysses …

Two Tulsa men have been convicted in federal court for tampering with witnesses who were slated to testify in court proceedings regarding a carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Ulysses …

SHREVEPORT, La. –  Ronald Carnell Holland, Jr., 24, of Many, Louisiana, was sentenced today on drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.  Holland was sentenced …

            WASHINGTON – Robert Evans, 35, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging fraud, …

EVANSVILLE – James Shultz, 37, of Louisville, Ky., was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On …